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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Attention Must Be Paid: The Joys of Third-Party Voting by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. OK, so would you vote for me? I regard democracies as states, I voted Green, I have a libertarian streak, and I have impeccable character. What could go wrong? LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Hart’s Concept of Law (2): Commands and Consent by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. For some reason, the numbering of the cases in my previous comment isn’t showing up, but I’m hoping it’s clear enough from the context. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Hart’s Concept of Law (2): Commands and Consent by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. I haven’t read the link from Charles that you posted, but I think we’re agreeing on the overall point. I didn’t take myself to be taking a position in the original post on alienability of personal service…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Attention Must Be Paid: The Joys of Third-Party Voting by Roderick T. Long
“So you’d vote for Gus diZerega?” He thinks democracies aren’t states but are instead spontaneous orders. Trop étrange pour moi. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Hart’s Concept of Law (2): Commands and Consent by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. Though I disagree to some extent with your comments, I think we’re addressing somewhat unrelated issues. You’re addressing the issue of whether consent to government can ultimately be justified by way of the mo…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Miscellanea: Reflections on the Sands of Dune (2021)
Since I finally got out to see Dune (2021), I wanted to take a chance to share some of my reflections on it and this week was a good time because I had nowhere near enough time otherwise to get the next Fortifications post ready. So first I want to give my own reaction to…
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(Jesse Walker, Author at Reason.com) The Best of Cold War Culture
Books, films, and more related to the dissolution of the Soviet Union
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Attention Must Be Paid: The Joys of Third-Party Voting by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. So you’d vote for Gus diZerega? Apart from the possibility of such a fusionist candidate, why don’t you vote NOTA or some such ballot-spoiling expedient? You could even vote, “Non-Existent Green-Libertari…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Talking to the master
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Attention Must Be Paid: The Joys of Third-Party Voting by Roderick T. Long
If there were a Green/Libertarian fusion candidate, I might be tempted to return to voting. I doubt I’d be successfully tempted, but at least it’d be an option that might not turn my stomach. The LP has just gotten too toxic for me latel…
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